clay

Spent the whole day up to my elbows in clay. First off, with Y1 making fish - impressed details. Secondly with Y2 and representations of fossils - relief modelling. The aim is to either paint them when dry or apply polish and buff!

 

Can't wait to get the new kiln set up and running - it's only been in it's packaging since March! I'm waiting to move into my 'new' art room - at the moment I have to constantly move all the materials and resources from room to room/floor to floor, depending on which class I'm teaching - frustrating!

observational drawing

Y6 have been drawing trees and shoes!

Y4 went 'fossil' hunting today and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. They carefully (for the most part!) excavated the 'fossils' and then had the task of trying to work out just how they might fit together. Lots of discussion ensued as they tried to identify what might be a skull or a rib or a spine. As it dawned on them that they might not have all the requisite pieces they joined other groups and pooled their finds.

'Fossil' hunting

As part of our themed study about dinosaurs, tomorrow we are going 'fossil' hunting. The children are going to be given a tray in which 'fossils' have been buried. The 'fossils' are really the wooden parts from those model dinosaurs that you can construct. The idea is to get them to not only excavate the 'fossils' but then try to assemble them without having a picture or diagram to work from. This will hopefully put them in a similar position to the early Victorian fossil hunters who used a bit of guesswork and

conjecture to assemble their finds. Obviously after a while I'll put them out of their misery - maybe! Oh, and just to get them into the spirit even more, each tray does not necessarily contain all the parts of a dinosaur model.

Some of the Y2 children have also completed their woven bookmarks.